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On Sat, 2011-04-23 at 22:54 +0100, Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Sat, 23 Apr 2011, Simon Waters wrote: > > > On 23/04/11 21:14, Gordon Henderson wrote: > >> > >> And I have to say, watching her struggle to use it, I'm starting to > >> think that too - a seemingly simple task she showed me in Publisher - > >> inset some clip-art, resize it, move it into place - a doddle in > >> publisher, required that Scribus launch gimp to do the image > >> manipulation... > > > > What is wrong with "Properties">"Image" and pick the size you want? (it > > would be "F2" for Properties but I have that mapped to firing up a > > calculator. > > > > Pick the "Scale to frame size" option means you can resize by dragging > > the edges of the frame, no idea if you can make this the default as I > > don't use Scribus ;) > > > > Oh "File" "Preferences" "Tools" Pick "Image" and you can make "Scale to > > Frame Size" the default. > > I'll have a look for those, thanks. > > Nothing wrong other than lack of knowledge. > > > I suspect Scribus has such an arcane default because it is trying to > > clone a different DTP package ;) Hard to please everyone all the time, > > especially with the same set of default settings. > > > >> So she's on the verge of spending Â120 on publisher... Unless there is > >> an alternative? > > > > Depends how much DTP she does, it may be cheaper to buy publisher than > > learn an alternative. > > She needs to produce leaflets, etc. fairly regularly. Not actually > starting her new "thing" until August though, so no immediate rush. > > Gordon My 2 penny worth... Sherif Page plus I used in win 3.1 and was as good as Pub in those days Scribus if you right click on the item and use the properties gizmo you will be surprised how easy it is to use, but the main thing is to do the Text in a Wp first. You will get confused trying to type in Scribus. Set out the page with the relevant boxes, test pics etc. The right click do "get text" and "image", set properties and Volia! Printing is much better now but I use the export to PDF ( sorry Tom ) and print from Evince or Similar. -- Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) Eleven Years in the Making! www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk FaceBook Minions_shop Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq